Alton School District Strategic Plan 2017-2021 David Benedetto, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Alton School District Strategic Plan 2017-2021 David Benedetto, Community Cris Blackstone, ACS Administration Pam Forbes, Teacher Kristi Hikel, Parent Peter Leavitt, School Board Sandi MacDonald, Community Mike Major, Teacher Anna Ransom,
David Benedetto, Community Cris Blackstone, ACS Administration Pam Forbes, Teacher Kristi Hikel, Parent Peter Leavitt, School Board Sandi MacDonald, Community Mike Major, Teacher Anna Ransom, Parent Pamela Stiles, SAU Administration
Committee Members
Notification for interest, November/December, 2016
First Meeting, January 5, 2017
Second Meeting, January 26, 2017 Survey sent out, Feb/March, 2017 Third Meeting, March 17, 2017 Day Long Fourth Meeting, March 28, 2017 School Board Presentation, May, 2017
Getting Started
Initial Work: Re-wrote District Mission Statement Created three supporting Belief Statements
65 Respondents; Community (14), Parents (26), ACS Employees (25) Questions: Would you like clarification on anything? What words do you consider most significant? Agree or Disagree with the Beliefs/Mission? Clarifications: risk taking, equitable opportunities, Alton Community Significant words: (ie) social/emotional health, positive relationships, relevant and meaningful experiences, personalized instruction, collaboratively, compassion, self-directed learner, nurturing, character
The Alton School District will create a nurturing environment in which everyone is empowered to: Develop character and compassion Show perseverance as a self-aware learner Seek and master the skills necessary to become a contributing global citizen.
Goal 1: Provide team building experiences for everyone. Action Steps: Engage in team building activities at the beginning of the school year and several times thereafter. Examine, pilot, and design community building strategies for all grades for the purpose of increasing belonging and ownership. Develop and sustain a schoolwide student-generated newsletter each trimester. Goal 2: Celebrate achievements and learning schoolwide. Action Steps: Use bulletin boards, pictures, website, newspapers, social media, morning announcements, etc., to communicate achievements. Hold schoolwide (K-8) celebrations at least once each trimester. Utilize weekly classroom/team celebrations. Develop student-led opportunities for parents, community, and peers.
Goal 3: Support the diversity and interests of individual students through daily adult connections. Action Steps: Conduct a student and adult interest survey at the beginning of the school year (administer to mid-year new registers). Assign students to staff members for daily interaction. Create a confidential communication “board” by which staff will share student concerns and ask questions. Use interest survey to drive such things as after school activity choices, outreach needs, personalized instruction, etc. Create opportunities for students to share their interests and expertise with others.
Goal 1: Develop a curriculum that supports the integration of subject matter through “real-world” applications. Action Steps: Provide staff with professional learning time and money to review and update curriculum. Revisions should include real world applications, community outreach, and subject integration. Establish and review competency-based standards. Explore options for a schedule that promotes learning “anywhere, anytime, any path”. Goal 2: Design learning opportunities that will use varied instructional strategies to ensure personalized learning for all students . Action Steps: Develop a data-driven team process to create Individual Student Plans (ISPs). Develop a system of STEAM-based instructional strategies for all grades. Create and maintain an instructional database of local and online resources.
Goal 3: Provide a variety of measurements to evaluate student growth, mastery, and depth
Action Steps: Provide professional learning to enhance knowledge of designing and validating authentic assessments. Design report cards to reflect competencies for all content areas. Utilize both qualitative and quantitative data. Create an electronic portfolio for grades K-8.
Goal 1: The Alton School District will demonstrate financial responsibility by sharing information and educating stakeholders regarding the budget. Action Steps: Assemble an annual budget review meeting to discuss warrant articles in support of the budget forum. Clearly state financial objectives on monthly school board meeting agenda. Goal 2 : The Alton School District will enhance communication between Alton Central School and the Community. Action Steps: Continue weekly newspaper articles and increase publicity as needed through additional media sources (social media, mobile app, texting, TV, radio, etc.). Improve the school/teacher websites by establishing a protocol and timeline for postings. Provide parent forums and/or resources to build an understanding of supports that can be provided at home. Showcase student work/projects in community locations (ie, Gilman Library, Town Hall, PMHS, SAU). Use audience-friendly language in all communications (test scores, financials, etc).
Goal 3 : The Alton Central School will take advantage of local resources by weaving those resources into the curriculum. Action Steps: Build and utilize a network with the community: individuals, groups, and organizations. Take advantage of the community’s natural, government, and economic resources to enhance learning. Create a list of in-house and community resources (clothes, eye glasses, food, etc.) to have available each year.
A Tri-fold will be distributed to all staff and within the community. Finished plan will be posted on the website. Updates to the Board will be done mid-year and at the end of every school year.
annually in reading and math using a minimum of three different school-determined assessments.
teachers to focus on math enrichment, excitement, and advancement that will promote a vision of ACS as a NH model school.
stakeholders.
NECAP , and SBAC. Created regular opportunities for teachers to learn about data and use it to direct instruction.
progress and instructional adjustments.
student data, discuss professional development needs, technology assets, interventions, and instruction.
administrators, to craft a schedule for 2017-2018.
identified in 2015-2016. The Curriculum Coordinator was supported in her efforts to oversee the program.
MAP assessment, he or she receives a RIT score.
Unit.” The difficulty and complexity of each MAP assessment question is measured using the RIT scale. A student’s RIT score indicates the level at which the student was answering questions correctly 50% of the time.
grade level.
520 651 582 734 200 400 600 800 Kindergarten Grade 1
Early Literacy Scaled Scores
Skills in Early Literacy Assessment:
232 302 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Grade 2
Star Reading Scaled Scores
Skills in Star Reading Assessment:
Meaning
196.9 199.2 208.5 212.9 220 221.2 195.6 203.6 209.8 214.2 216.9 219.1 180 185 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Winter Benchmark/ NWEA Mid-Year Norms
ACS RIT NWEA RIT 6.5 0.8 0.9 1.9
7.3 5.4 4.1 3.2 2.5 1.9
2 4 6 8 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Average RIT advancement per grade
195 333 396 258 371 465 100 200 300 400 500 Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Sep-16 Jan-17
Scaled Score
0.3 1.3 2.2 0.8 1.7 2.5 1 2 3 Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2
Grade Equivalent September to January
1-Sep Jan-17
194.8 202.6 209.2 219.5 224.2 230.4 198.2 208.7 217.2 222.1 226.1 229.1 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
NWEA Math Grade 3-8
ACS Mid-Year Norm 5.5 3 1.8 2.2 0.1 2.2 7.8 6.8 5.8 4.5 3.5 2.8 5 10 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
RIT Advancement and Expected
ACS RIT NWEA Exp
math enrichment, excitement, and advancement that will promote a vision of ACS as a NH model school.
“Math in Focus” Coach to work with K-8 teachers from January-May.
Work”.
the ACS faculty.
staff understood the process and maintained it with fidelity.
7 13 21 5
5 10 15 20 25 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of Staff Exiting
Indicates the number
who did not return to ACS for following school year.
Board.
Board for approval, May, 2017.
information accessibility.
to be used in the 2017-2018 school year. A grant was written and received an award which will pay for teacher sustained training.
along with a bi-monthly message from the Superintendent.
School Board – approved.
agreement.
utilized.
the Board for approval, May, 2017.
completion of summer 2017 facilities upgrades (roof, bathrooms, windows).
2017-2018
A clear and specific identification of focus areas has been created for next year: Teacher Webpages Communication Project Based Learning Personalization Assessment
Engage in team/community building activities . Develop and sustain a schoolwide student-generated newsletter each trimester. Use bulletin boards, pictures, website, newspapers, social media, morning announcements, etc., to communicate achievements. Hold schoolwide (K-8) celebrations at least once each trimester. Develop student-led opportunities for parents, community, and peers. Conduct a student and adult interest survey; assign students to staff members for daily interaction. Create a confidential communication “board”. Use interest survey to drive such things as after school activity choices, outreach needs, personalized instruction. Create opportunities for students to share their interests and expertise with others.
Professional Development has been identified overall and will be further guided by PD Committee. K-6 Report Cards will be re-written. Project Based Learning will be the focus in 2017-2018. STEAM-based instructional strategies for all grades will be examined and implemented. Provide professional learning to enhance knowledge of designing and validating authentic assessments. Electives for Grades 5-8 will be offered by UA and G/T staff. Create and maintain an instructional database of local and online resources. Utilize both qualitative and quantitative data.
Assemble an annual budget review meeting to discuss warrant articles in support of the budget forum. Improve the school/teacher websites by establishing a protocol and timeline for postings. Provide parent forums and/or resources to build an understanding of supports that can be provided at home. Showcase student work/projects in community locations (ie, Gilman Library, Town Hall, PMHS, SAU). Use audience-friendly language in all communications (test scores, financials, etc). Build a network with the community: individuals, groups, and organizations. Take advantage of the community’s natural, government, and economic resources to enhance learning. Create a list of in-house and community resources (clothes, eye glasses, food, etc.) to have available each year.
Communicate in a collaborative nature allowing for many voices to be heard. Clearly articulate expectations and standards of performance for staff and support them with resources/professional development. Celebrate student success often to foster a climate of excellence at all times. Support initiatives by teachers to build an excitement and enthusiasm for teaching. Utilize shared decision making whenever possible. Create opportunities for teachers to assume leadership roles.